self-medicator

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swé?

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *selbaz

Old English self

Old English self-

Middle English self-

English self-

English medicator

English self-medicator

From self- + medicator.

Noun

self-medicator (plural self-medicators)

1. A person who administers self-medication.